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I'm glad I read this thread again. When I initially read the thread last week, I interpreted the cocoa bill as (6) 9 oz. Fortunately, I read the thread again before brewing and now realize that it says 6 oz. to 9 oz.....my preference. Had I worked from memory, I would have certainly made a bitter bomb!

I am going to start on a version of this tomorrow. I am using an extract kit with steeping grains from my LHBS. It is an oatmeal milk stout. The biggest difference I see is I will be using DME. I will be adding cocoa and vanilla as your recipe calls for, but this will only be my 3rd brew. I am still a little nervous shopping for the ingredients separately, otherwise I would follow it exactly. Hopefully I get something similar to what you made because it sounds absolutely incredible.